STORRS, Conn.—Connecticut has named Boston College assistant coach Mike Cavanaugh, who helped guide the Eagles to four national championships, as its head men’s hockey coach.

The 45-year-old replaces Bruce Marshall, who took a medical leave of absence in November and resigned in January after 25 years at Connecticut.

Cavanaugh takes over UConn program that is making the transition from a non-scholarship program in the Atlantic Hockey conference, to one of the nation’s top hockey conferences, Hockey East.

Cavanaugh, who spent 18 seasons at Boston College, got the job over two other finalists; David Berard, who led the Huskies to a winning season as their interim coach, and former Denver coach George Gwozdecky, who won two NCAA titles in 19 years with the Pioneers.

More in News

A wedding and special events’ planning business has agreed to pay a $200,000 settlement to five employees living in the country illegally after allegedly failing to pay them minimum wages and overtime and discriminating against them because of their race.

The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter.